Science explains how that terrifying portal to hell was created

How to make science class interesting: open up a portal to another dimension and summon forth an ancient terrifying octopus god to enslave humanity.

Reddit is going crazy again over vintage footage of a "science experiment" that shows what happens when you mix NH4Cr2O7 with HgSCN and set it on fire.

According to an entry on Quora, NH4Cr2O7 and HgSCN are just fancy names for ammonium dichromate and mercury (II) thiocyanat (yeah, means nothing to us too) and it works like this: the dichromate causes the big fancy looking flare while the thiocyanat creates the creepy looking tendrils, officially known as "Pharaoh's Serpent".

But who believes what scientists say anyway. Next they'll be telling us that the earth is round and that jet fuel melts steel beams.